Republican Main Street Partnership

The Republican Main Street Partnership is a group of centrist and moderately conservative members of the Republican Party within the US Congress. It was formed in response to the Republican Revolution, in which the Conservative Republicans came to dominate Congress; the Main Street Partnership sought to unite the moderate wing and attempt to prevent partisan bickering. Main Street Republicans played a major role in compromising with the Democrats to achieve change in the United States, and they functioned similarly to the Democratic Blue Dog Coalition. However, the Main Street Republicans were criticized by other Republicans for being "Republicans in Name Only" ("RINO"s) for not being sufficiently conservative.